Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman

6 reviews

abvi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

such good world building and it feels too real - a near future of climate crisis. i rlly enjoyed the writing style ansnthe descriptions of everything. i enjoyed the bleak humour and the subtle (not so subtle?) digs at current socio-political+environmental references 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Self harm and Colonisation

katy_bee's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I enjoyed reading this and wanted to know how it all unfolded. There were some nonetoosubtle messages about the nature of capitalism and human beings' capacity to destroy the environment without any individual really trying. There was fun world building too.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, and Animal cruelty

frankieclc's review against another edition

2.5

kinda wish I'd listened to the audiobook the whole way through cause this was difficult to read, like the idea, didn't love the execution 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Animal cruelty

velvet_young's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

liz4242's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Animal death

yaoipaddle's review against another edition

challenging funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

4.75

I felt it was realistic enough for me to enjoy but still fantastical enough for me to not feel stressed about irl issues. (I already know things are terrible. Go beyond that.) I think the dry humor in the story and characters really helped.

I loved the two leads! Halyard is sooo pathetic it's awesome. And Resaint is so weird I love her.

The world building is interesting but often times it is just dumped on you which made this book take a while for me to finish. It felt like an overload of info at times. This gets easier to manage like 40% in.

The epilogues are great and it sparked my interest in the story much like how Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep did. You really feel like you are being pulled in for the ride and made to think about what you are reading. I'm still kinda thinking about the endings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Cursing, Animal death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, War, Kidnapping, and Xenophobia